Now there is a new video format called
MKV, but seldom players can read it. So you'd better convert it, this guide shows you how to play and convert the
MKV files then you can enjoy the converted video anywhere you want.
Part One: How to play MKV files for free
Part Two: How to enjoy MKV files on Portable Player such as iPod, PSP, iRiver, Walkman
Part One: How to play MKV files for free
The Easiest Method (
VLC), With the
VLC player you are actually getting two things; a fine player with support for
Matroska, and support for most video and audio streams you will find in an MKV file. This means that you most likely will not have to install any extra
codecs or filters, depending on what your streams are.
Part Two: How to enjoy MKV files on Portable Player such as iPod, PSP, iRiver, Walkman
Tipard MKV Video Converter can help you to convert MKV files to the formats fitting for your portable players. This best MKV Video Converter can easily convert MKV to
AVI,
MPG,
WMV,
MP4,
MOV,
3GP,
FLV etc and extract audio from MKV to
MP3,
AAC,
M4A,
WMA,
WAV,
AC3, and
OGG for your iPod, iPhone, Zune,
PSP,
PS3,
Xbox and other portable Players.
Make Preparations: Install and run
Tipard MKV Video Converter
1. Quick Start:
Step 1: Add files
Click “Add File” to add your video files.
Step 2: Set output video format
Click “Profile” button from the drop-down
list to select the output video format such as
AVI, MPG,
MPEG and
WMV. You can click the “Settings” button to set parameters of your output video such as Frame Rate,
Bitrate to get the best video quality as you want.
Step 3: Click the “Start” button to start the conversion.
2. Edit Functions
(1) Trim any segment
There are 3 ways that you can trim your video.
a.You can drag the button to set the start and end time
b.You can preview the video first and when you want to start trim click the left one of the pair button when you want to end click the right one.
c.You can set the exact start and end time on the left side of the trim window.
(2) Crop any play region
There are 3 ways that you can crop your video.
a.We provide 7 modes on our “Crop Mode”
b.You can set your own mode on the left side of the crop window
c.You can drag frame to set your own crop mode
(3) Snapshot and merge into one file
If you like the current
image of the video you can use the “Snapshot” option. Just click the “Snapshot” button the image will be saved and you can click the “Open” button next to “Snapshot” button to open your picture.
If you want to make several files output as one you can choose “Merge into one file”.
For Mac users I recommend
Tipard MKV Video Converter for Mac and the above operational steps is completely suited to the Mac version of MKV Video Converter.
